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Flash Flood Warning 74, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 13, 2023, 3:30 AM EDT for Wicomico County, Maryland. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 13, 2023, 3:30 AM EDT (07:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 13, 2023, 6:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Wicomico County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 53 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 660 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1174 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 12, 7:48 PM EDT, 7 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 12, 7:48 PM EDT, 7 hours 42 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 12, 3:56 PM EDT, 11 hours 34 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wakefield VA 356 PM EDT Tue Sep 12 2023 MDZ021>024-NCZ012>017-030>032-VAZ048-060>062-064>069-075>090-092-093- 095>097-509>525-132000- Dorchester-Wicomico-Somerset-Inland Worcester-Northampton-Hertford- Gates-Pasquotank-Camden-Western Currituck-Bertie-Chowan-Perquimans- Fluvanna-Prince Edward-Cumberland-Goochland-Caroline-Mecklenburg- Lunenburg-Nottoway-Amelia-Powhatan-Westmoreland-Richmond- Northumberland-Lancaster-Brunswick-Dinwiddie-Prince George- Charles City-New Kent-Gloucester-Middlesex-Mathews-Greensville- Sussex-Surry-James City-Southampton-Isle of Wight-Norfolk/Portsmouth- Suffolk-Chesapeake-Western Louisa-Eastern Louisa-Western Hanover- Eastern Hanover-Western Chesterfield- Eastern Chesterfield (Including Col. Heights)- Western Henrico (Including the City of Richmond)-Eastern Henrico- Western King William-Eastern King William-Western King and Queen- Eastern King and Queen-Western Essex-Eastern Essex-York-Newport News- Hampton/Poquoson- 356 PM EDT Tue Sep 12 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Maryland, northeast North Carolina, central Virginia, east central Virginia, eastern Virginia, north central Virginia, south central Virginia and southeast Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MDZ025-NCZ102-VAZ098>100-132000- Maryland Beaches-Eastern Currituck-Virginia Beach-Accomack- Northampton- 356 PM EDT Tue Sep 12 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Maryland, northeast North Carolina, eastern Virginia and southeast Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Beach Hazards Statement. HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 8:02 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach | 5 days |
| Sep 12, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Mecklenburg | 61 min |
| Sep 12, 10:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Greensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia | 41 min |
| Sep 13, 3:46 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 63 hr | |
| Sep 13, 4:34 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 86 min | |
| Sep 13, 2:40 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Bertie | 3 hr |
| Sep 13, 1:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Wicomico | 42 min |
| Sep 13, 2:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Wicomico | 45 min |
| Sep 13, 3:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Wicomico | 51 min |
| Sep 13, 3:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Worcester | 62 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.